Eryngium foetidum (Culantro)

Traditional uses

Haiti

• Anodyne
• Arthritis
• Colic
• Emmenagogue
• Sudorific
• Witchcraft
• Fever
• Rheumatism

Elsewhere

• Antispasmodic
• Carminative
• Fit
• Pectoral
• Hypertension
• Malaria
• Colic

Trinidad

• Antispasmodic
• Carminative
• Cold
• Constipation
• Cough
• Decoagulant
• Depurative
• Diabetes
• Fever
• Flu
• Malaria
• Pectoral
• Pneumonia
• Vermifuge

Dominican Republic

• Cough
• Rheumatism
• Scurvy
• Diaphoretic

Venezuela

• Fever
• Stimulant

Panama

• Stomach

Malaya

• Stomachic

Dominica

• Panacea

India

• Stomachic

West Indies

• Tumor

Chemicals

Essential Oil

• 2-DODECEN-1-AL — 460000 to 600000
• 2-DODECENOIC-ACID — 160000

Root

• SAPONIN

Plant

• CAPRIC-ACID — 2 to 10
• DECANAL — 4 to 20
• 3,4-DIMETHYLBENZOIC-ACID — 4 to 20
• FENQUILIC-ALCOHOL
• FLAVONOIDS
• FURFURAL
• LAURIC-ACID — 10 to 50
• ALPHA-PINENE — 5 to 25
• SESQUITERPENE-KETONE
• 2,4,5-TRIMETHYLBENZALDEHYDE — 50 to 100
• EO — 200 to 400
• P-CYMENE — 4.5 to 22.5
• 5-DODECANONE — 50 to 100
• 4-HYDROXY-3,5-DIMETHYLACETOPHENONE — 50 to 100
• SAPONOSIDES

Leaf Essent. Oil

• 2,4,5-TRIMETHYLBENZALDEHYDE — 210000
• CAROTOL — 100000
• HEXADECANOIC-ACID — 120000

Seed Essent. Oil

• BETA-FARNESENE — 100000
• CAROTOL — 190000

Activities

1. Irritant — 4 compounds; toxic activity; ALPHA-PINENE, CAPRIC-ACID, FURFURAL, P-CYMENE
2. Pesticide — 4 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE, CAPRIC-ACID, FURFURAL, P-CYMENE
3. Antibacterial — 3 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE, LAURIC-ACID, P-CYMENE
4. Antiviral — 3 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE, LAURIC-ACID, P-CYMENE
5. FLavor — 3 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE, FURFURAL, P-CYMENE
6. Fungicide — 3 compounds; CAPRIC-ACID, FURFURAL, P-CYMENE
7. Antiflu — 2 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE, P-CYMENE
8. Antiseptic — 2 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE, FURFURAL
9. Herbicide — 2 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE, P-CYMENE
10. Insecticide — 2 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE, FURFURAL
11. Insectifuge — 2 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE, P-CYMENE
12. Sedative — 2 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE, P-CYMENE
13. Allelochemic — 1 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE
14. Allergenic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; ALPHA-PINENE
15. Analgesic — 1 compounds; P-CYMENE
16. Antiacetylcholinesterase — 1 compounds; P-CYMENE
17. Antiacne — 1 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE
18. Antibacillary — 1 compounds; P-CYMENE
19. Antifeedant — 1 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE
20. Antiinflammatory — 1 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE
21. Antioxidant — 1 compounds; LAURIC-ACID
22. Antipneumonic — 1 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE
23. Antirheumatalgic — 1 compounds; P-CYMENE
24. Antisickling — 1 compounds; 3,4-DIMETHYLBENZOIC-ACID
25. Antispasmodic — 1 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE
26. Antistaphylococcic — 1 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE
27. Cancer-Preventive — 1 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE
28. Candidicide — 1 compounds; LAURIC-ACID
29. Coleoptophile — 1 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE
30. COX-1-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; LAURIC-ACID
31. COX-2-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; LAURIC-ACID
32. Expectorant — 1 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE
33. Hypercholesterolemic — 1 compounds; LAURIC-ACID
34. Insectiphile — 1 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE
35. Laxative — 1 compounds; P-CYMENE
36. P450-2B1-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE
37. Perfumery — 1 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE
38. Spasmogenic — 1 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE
39. Tranquilizer — 1 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE
40. Transdermal — 1 compounds; ALPHA-PINENE
41. Trichomonicide — 1 compounds; P-CYMENE

Toxic compounds

• ALPHA-PINENE — Allergenic; Plant
• ALPHA-PINENE — Irritant; Plant
• CAPRIC-ACID — Irritant; Plant
• FURFURAL — Irritant; Plant
• P-CYMENE — Irritant; Plant